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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesgonfiare
Pronunciation / Transliteration: gon-fia-re
"Dobbiamo gonfiare le gomme della bicicletta."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To fill with air or gas so that it swells or expands.
"We need to inflate the bicycle tires before our trip." - 2
To cause to increase in size, importance, or value inappropriately or excessively.
"The media coverage tended to inflate the importance of the minor incident."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin verb 'inflare', composed of 'in-' (into) and 'flare' (to blow). It entered the English language in the late 15th century, initially referring strictly to blowing air into something to swell it, before expanding metaphorically into economic and figurative domains by the 17th and 19th centuries.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Inflate" is said worldwide
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gonfler
Transliteration: gon-fle
"Il faut gonfler les pneus du vélo."
aufblasen
Transliteration: auf-blasen
"Wir müssen die Fahrradreifen aufblasen."
gonfiare
Transliteration: gon-fia-re
"Dobbiamo gonfiare le gomme della bicicletta."
inflar
Transliteration: in-flar
"Necesitamos inflar los neumáticos de la bicicleta."
encher
Transliteration: en-cher
"Precisamos encher os pneus da bicicleta."
फुलाना
Transliteration: phulana
"हमें साइकिल के टायरों में हवा भरनी होगी।"
充气
Transliteration: chōng qì
"我们需要给自行车轮胎充气。"
부풀리다
Transliteration: bupullida
"우리는 자전거 타이어에 바람을 넣어야 합니다."
膨らませる
Transliteration: fukuraseru
"自転車のタイヤに空気を入れなければなりません。"
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